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Topic: Who wants a live chat? (Read 6115 times)

Hey just a suggestion, wouldn't it be nice if there was a live chat where all the members online could talk and even guests could just come, ask a question, and leave. Really fast and convenient. However, because I don't know how live chats work, maybe it's not possible to have a live chat or you have to pay for it?

Using IRC and others sound to much like work for potential new members... A free chatroom right here in the forum is pretty easy to install.

But that's not the problem here, I'm not sure if a chatroom is a good idea. All people will say is "Hello everybody", "Please look at my topic HELP HELP!!!!!!!!" and other useless cr*p.Noone will pose a question there because the question is only visible for a few minutes.This limits the potential responding people to the people who are online and looking at the chatbox at that time.

Plus if someone does pose a question, and it gets answerred, it will be lost after a few minutes. So future people with that same question can't find the answer by searching the forum etc...That's the beauty of a forum!

A chatbox isn't usefull for a robotics forum, only maybe when there are constantly 100 members online.

...imho ofcourse...

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For those who wanted a live chat, this is the reminder. I will not be attending.

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As the cool dark days of fall and winter approach, what better way tospend your Monday evenings then hanging out online with a bunch ofrobotic geeks from around the world. (So we are being a bit stuffysaying evening when it's midday for more of the planet then here, blahblah blah) Anyhow, Join us TONIGHT! for our weekly Monday night Chaton IRC. Instructions follow.

Starting at 7pm Pacific Daylight Time each Monday, the SRS holds aninformal chat session. This is a great opportunity to come ask livequestions of the SRS members, seek help for technical problems, orjust chat about stuff.

Directions:

The chat requires that you use an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) program.Details on finding one are below.

For you experts, the chat is held on irc.freenode.net in the#seattlerobotics group.

For Mac Users:http://colloquy.info/(Umm I don't actually have experience setting this up, but you shouldbe able to figure it out from the mIRC directions below)

For Windows users:1. Get the mIRC program from http://www.mirc.com/get.html Run itssetup program. Start the mIRC program2. It will popup a small window titled mIRC Options. Click on theConnect listing in the 'Category box'. You should see a control thatsays IRC Servers with a set of small buttons down the right side (Add,Edit, Delete, Sort).3. Press the Add button to add a new entry. A small popup calledmIRC Add Server should appear. Fill in the text boxes as follows.

Description: SRSIRC Server: irc.freenode.netPorts: 6667Group: #seattleroboticsThere is no password.4. Click the Add button in this mIRC Add Server dialog.5. You have now returned to the mIRC Options window. You should seethe edit boxes with IRC Servers: #seattlerobotics and a SeattleRobotics below it. There should also be a Connect to IRC Server.6. In the reset of the form, fill in your Name, Email Address. TheNickname is often your first name and initial. Please use a Nicknamethat identifies you to the rest of the group.7. Press the Connect to IRC server button in the middle of thedialog. This will connect you to the chat server. This has been knownto take a few moments, up to a minute or so, depending on how busy theserver is.8. Once connected, another popup will appear. You can type in#seattlerobotics and press the join key. You can also go to the statuswindow, and type /join #seattlerobotics.9. If you are the first person for the night, you will be alone inthe room! Thats OK, just wait for others to join. Be sure you have thecorrect spelling.

Hey, I just got this idea.If John doesn't mind lets all nominate him for the nobel prize. Who knows maybe they'll give it for making the first robotics tutorial/forum website to help others for free. That's helping the whole world right?